Chapter 23 01.0023: "Objection! The court situation has reversed!"

[An arbitrator from the Ministry of Justice…?] Horatio leaned forward slightly with his gun at the ready.

The majestic man seemed to have spider sense. His sharp eyes through the black lenses pierced through countless people and fixed his eyes on Horatio who just poked his head out from behind the shuttle.

Horatio felt an unprecedented sense of oppression from the look in his eyes that was as piercing as an arrow through his heart.

It was a righteous disgust that horrified him to the core.

Although his eyes were full of hostility, Horatio remained neither humble nor arrogant, and looked at him vigilantly.

Anyway, I haven't broken any law. Those people the original owner killed were killed when they failed to kill him. As a law enforcer of Ancient Terra, I have a clear conscience. What is there to be afraid of?

"Well, you've come just in time, Your Excellency the Arbitration Inspector."

Sheriff George still looked arrogant, with his hands behind his back, and said indifferently.

"Arbitration Inspector Javert reports to you." The man gave the prosecutor a very standard Sky Eagle salute.

Horatio was confused by the situation and whispered to Farida:
"Hey, isn't that guy your mentor? But he's so respectful, like he's that guy's subordinate. Is that really okay?"

Farida was concentrating on observing the movements of the field sniper firepower team. Facing Horatio's concerns, she said calmly:

"The Imperial Official List is divided into two categories: officials and non-officials. The Public Security Inspector is the 19th-level official.

The arbitration inspector is the highest-ranking non-official. Although the treatment of the arbitration inspector is higher than that of the public security inspector, in terms of rank, the public security inspector is higher.

Even so, arbitrators and prosecutors are still two relatively independent systems. "

Horatio, who had been in the military and police system in his previous life, quickly understood Farida's complicated explanation.

This is equivalent to the difference between a sheriff and a police officer, and between a non-commissioned officer and an officer.

"Sir, since there is a hostage situation, why don't you call an arbitrator?"

Arbitrator Javert withdrew his gaze from Horatio, glanced at Farida who leaned half of her body out to greet him, and then returned his gaze to the Sheriff Inquisitor.

"I originally thought that the prisoner on death row had held Miss Hood hostage, but we just found out that it was Miss Hood who provided shelter for the prisoner on death row. Now we are negotiating with her to hand over the prisoner to me. I don't think it's necessary to trouble the arbitrators with such a small matter. After all..."

George's voice gradually became low: "This matter is too big, it is not good for Miss Hood's reputation."

"And now?" asked Javert.

"Now?"

George sneered and said, "I don't know what trap that death row prisoner has set on the distinguished Miss Hood. She actually refused to hand over the boy even though she openly defied the law!"

"Your Excellency, there must be a misunderstanding. Miss Hood comes from the most respected wealthy family in Abyss Port. How could she risk her family's reputation for an ordinary death row inmate for no reason?"

Javert remained indifferent. He obviously did not believe Prosecutor George's one-sided statement.

"Did she say anything to you on the way here, Your Excellency, the Inspector of Arbitration?"

"Ms. Hood was attacked by cultists disguised as hive bailiffs during an escort mission and barely managed to escape from the devil's lair. This mission was the one you assigned to Miss Hood, right?"

"Mr. Arbitration Inspector, watch your words!"

George's eyes were cold: "Are you implying that I was the one who pushed Miss Hood into danger?

Everything requires evidence. If you can't produce evidence, I will strip you of your police uniform for defaming an official appointed by the empire!"

"..."

Javert was silent. He trusted his students, but he did not have any evidence to prove that there was anything wrong with the public security prosecutor. On the surface, Farida was indeed in the wrong, but since she insisted on waiting for so long, waiting for the second batch of legal personnel to arrive, there must be a reason.

Javert turned and looked at the shuttle, and the two men hiding behind it.

"Your Excellency, Inspector, our communications have been interfered with by an unknown source, and the law enforcement camera cannot be properly transmitted to the Ministry of Justice network."

An arbitrator saluted Javert and reported that two arbitrators were squatting next to the armored vehicle to inspect the transfer signal base on the vehicle.

"Continue the inspection." Javert took the speaker from the vehicle and shouted to Farida:
"Ms. Hood, can you please hand over the condemned prisoner Horatio Cochrane to me now? I will escort him to the prison area of ​​the Ministry of Justice Fortress."

"As long as he is safe, that is not a problem, Arbitrator Javert."

"Javert..." Horatio looked strange and asked Farida, "Does your mentor particularly hate the Downnesters?"

"how do you know?"

"..."

[Mad, do you know how many times I have read the literary relic "Les Miserables"!]
"Ever since the mentor was led into an ambush by the rebel Xiachao guide and lost his master and all his comrades, he has no trust in the Xiachao people at all. Once they are involved in a crime, they will be brought to justice without mercy."

Well, the arbitrator of the Ministry of Justice mentioned in the fortune teller’s story couldn’t be this guy.

Horatio suddenly felt his scalp tingling. Who could have thought that he would become the focus of a story that he had never cared about before. Those people who should have had nothing to do with him now all appeared around him.

And wasn't the arbitrator investigating clues to the attack?
He must know something, so the cultists ambushed the entire Law Department team. Normally, no force would dare to provoke the Law Department unless they were tired of living.

Thinking about it more carefully, the fortune teller's metaphor was really on point...

If I can survive this, I will definitely go find that guy and ask him again next time. I'm sure I can dig out some useful information.

"Evidence! Is that evidence still there?" Farida looked at Horatio in panic and asked.

Horatio gave a thumbs up and took out the secret letter that the huntress had thrown away passively from his arms. It was now neatly folded by him.

"Your Excellency the Arbitration Inspector!"

Horatio hid behind the shuttle and shouted:

"We found a secret letter in the cult's lair. The information on it is obviously only known to the insider who arranged the mission. I think as long as we can find out the source of the information, we can definitely find out who the traitor hiding in the Ministry of Justice is."

Horatio walked up to the Huntress and handed her the secret letter.

"Teacher, what he said is absolutely true. The secret letter is in my hand now."

Javert looked at Farida's long hand stretched out from behind the shuttle, with a stack of brown parchment between her slender fingers, and immediately asked an arbitrator to come forward and bring the secret letter.

At this moment, the originally arrogant public security inspector suddenly lost his composure and shouted:
"That was a trick. Miss Hood has been brainwashed by the cultists. She is in danger now. We must take action immediately!"

"I object to what you said! Your Excellency, the Sheriff's Inquisitor, Miss Hood did not show any hostile behavior. Can you bear the responsibility of using force?!"

Javert glared at him coldly and actually stopped his boss.

The arbitrator sent by Javert got closer and closer to Farida, until he took the parchment from her hand and walked back to the beginning.

The expression of the sheriff's inspector became more and more agitated. He pursed his dry lips and his eyes moved up and down unconsciously, as if the contents of the note could shatter his lifeblood in one blow.

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